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M. M. SULGROVE. Breeohing-Stay for'I-Iarness.

No. 223,774. Patented Jan. 20, 1880.

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MILTON M. SULGROVE, F INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

BREECHlNG-STAY FOR HARNESS.A

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 223,774, dated January20, 1880.

Application filed October 6, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, MILTON M. SULGROVE, of Indianapolis, county ofMarion, and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Breeching-Stays for Harness, of which the following is a description,reference being had to the accompanying drawbreeching-stay; also, in thecombination of said stay with harness, all of which will be hereinafterrst fullyT described in the specication, and then set forth in theclaim.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference in thedifferent figures indicate like parts, Figure 1 represents a perspectiveView of one side only of the breeching, having my improved metallic stayattached thereto; and Fig. 2 is a-side elevation ofthe stay detachedfrom the breeching.

Referring now to the drawings, A A are the main bars of the stay, havinga T-head or cross-bar, B, formed at one end, which is secured in thebreeching by stitching the strap G onto the strap G, over it, as shownin Fig. l. The loop U is also formed at the other or front end of themain frame A A, into which the holdback-strap (not shown) is attached.'I o the straight side D of the loop O the breeching-strap G Gr issecured, as shown.

The ceinral upper part of the bars A A are provided with an upwardextension part, in which isa slot, E, for the buckle-strap K to passthrough, and a. round bar, F, above the slot, around which the saidbuckle-strap is made fast, thus forming a means of securing thehip-strapvL to the stay, as shown.

It is well known that the breaking loose of the breechingstay from thebreeching is a matter of frequent occurrence with the old leathernbreechingstay- By fastening the breeching-strap around the straight partD of vthe loop G and sewing the part G of the breeching-strap to thepart G, with the T-head B between them, as shown in Fig. l, a strong andsecure fastening of the supporting hipstrap to the breeching is secured,and at the same time a ring for the holdback-straps is obtained.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- As anarticle of manufacture, a metallic breeching-stay consisting of thecurved bars A A, having a T-head or cross-bar, B, formed at the outerend of one of the curved bars, a loop, C, formed at the outer end of theother curved bar, and the central part or union of the two curved barsprovided with an upward extension, in which is a slot, E, as shown anddescribed, for the purposesv specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

MILTON M. SULGROVE.

Witnesses E. 0. FRINK, G. A. REMsETT.

